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Yesterday I watched an immigration judge spend 3 hrs scolding families living on the streets of Tijuana for not providing the court with an address where they can receive mail. They were homeless or had no address because forced to remain in Mexico in #MigrantPersecutionProtocols
The immigration judge also repeatedly scolded the babies and toddlers in deportation proceedings for making noise. Parents in #MigrantPersecutionProtocols can’t leave their children in Mexico to come to court in USA, so the rooms are full of kids trying to sit quietly for hours.
Each family expressed the incredible barrier that being forced to remain in Mexico in #MigrantPersecutionProtocols creates to finding a lawyer and told the judge that the nonprofits are at capacity & some don’t call back.
Judge: “I find that hard to believe. They have intake.”
Judge: “I find that hard to believe. They have intake.”
Ya’ll, the immigration courts are open to the public. Go watch! See what your tax dollars are funding.
Best would probably be to watch a day where they have a master calendar docket so you can see over the course of an afternoon or morning how a judge treats many people.
Best would probably be to watch a day where they have a master calendar docket so you can see over the course of an afternoon or morning how a judge treats many people.
Some immigration judges treat people like they’re people; some are nasty.
No matter how kind the judges are, you’ll see a mockery of justice: dozens (or 100s in the big courts) of people each day-without lawyers-in a foreign legal process who are struggling to save their lives.
No matter how kind the judges are, you’ll see a mockery of justice: dozens (or 100s in the big courts) of people each day-without lawyers-in a foreign legal process who are struggling to save their lives.
If you are bilingual, it’s even more important that you watch because you’ll also observe all the errors of interpretation that negatively impact people. Since most people don’t have lawyers, there isn’t anyone to object when the judge says one thing, but the interpreter says ...
...another thing. For example, I watched a judge correctly give instructions about how to complete a voluntary departure and get his bond back. The official record will show that the judge gave correct information. The interpreter, however, told the man ...
Interpreter told him to go to *his* consulate when the judge told him to go to the *U.S. consulate* in his country. If he follows the interpreter’s instructions (not the judge’s), his bond will likely be forfeited & they may say he didn’t leave & instead has a deportation order.
